Blue Scholars---------------------------------------------------------------
This year, and decade, is finally over and it has been a great one, especially for hip-hop. Because I find it impossible to make a definitive ranking of these albums, I based I created a point system to determine rank, based on two stats: (1) total # of plays, and (2) average # plays per track (# of plays / # of tracks). I ranked every album based on these two stats and assigned points based on ranking in each category, added them together and ranked them based on their final score.
ie:
Chris Cornell Scream ranked 2nd in plays (254) and 4th in average plays (14.11). Therefore, the formula used to calculate points for this album was (101-2) + (101-4) = 196.
This isn't a list of the best albums, but of my favorite albums. The ranking is sorted by plays and moderated by the # of tracks in each album. This compensates for greater # of plays for albums with more tracks (ie: B.o.B vs Bobby Ray [22], Mixtape Messiah 7 [26], etc.). So, here they are...
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#1:
Chris Cornell - Scream (196)
R&B / Pop Album
Essential Tracks:
Long Gone | Get Up | Scream | Ground Zero | Time
#2:
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day (195)
Hip-Hop Album
Alive (Feat. Ratatat) |Soundtrack 2 My Life | Up, Up, And Away (The Wake And Bake Song) | Enter Galactic (Love Connection Pt. 1) | My World (feat. Billy Cravens)
#3:
B.O.B & Bobby Ray - B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray (194)
Hip-Hop / R&B / Rock / Reggae Mixtape
Wonderland | Mr. Bobby | Already There | No Mans Land | Change Gonna Come (Feat. Asher Roth & Charles Hamilton)
#4:
Saigon & Statik Selektah - All In A Day's Work (192)
Hip-Hop Album
Spit | The Rules | My Crew | So Cruel | Lose Her
#5:
Wale - Attention Deficit (191)
Hip-Hop Album
Mirrors feat. Bun B |Prescription | Shades feat. Chrisette Michelle | Diary feat. Marsha Ambrosius | 90210
#6:
k-os - Yes! (190)
Hip-Hop Album
Zambony | 4 3 2 1 | The Aviator | Uptown Girl | I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
#7:
Curren$y - This Ain't No Mixtape (189)
Hip-Hop Album
Sail On (Ft. Young Chris) | Elevator Musik | On My Plane (Ft. Deelow) | Blown away (ft. Jean Lephare & Deelow) | Galaxy (Ft. Whodinsky & Jean Lephare)
#8:
J. Cole - The Warm Up (185)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
Lights Please | Grown Simba | Knock Knock | Dreams ft. Brandon Hines
#9:
XV - Everybody's Nobody (185)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
In Due Time | Come Back Down | Blinded ft. Harlems Cash, Used To ft. Ne-Yo | Undeniable
#10:
Drake - So Far Gone (181)
Hip-Hop / R&B Mixtape
November 18th |Best I Ever Had | Successful (feat. Trey Songz & Lil' Wayne) | Uptown (feat. Bun B & Lil' Wayne) | A Night Off (feat. Lloyd)
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#11:
Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap (178)
Southern Rap Album
All I Really Want (feat. The-Dream) | Maybach Music 2 (Feat. Kanye West, T-Pain, & Lil' Wayne) | Yacht Club (Feat. Magazeen) | Magnificent (feat. John Legend) | Usual Suspects (Feat. Nas)
#12:
The-Dream - Love vs. Money (174)
R&B Album
Rockin That Shit |Mr. Yeah | Love Vs Money | Walkin On The Moon (Feat. Kanye West)
#13:
Mr Hudson - Straight No Chaser (172)
R&B Album
Everything Is Broken (feat. Kid Cudi) | Time | Straight No Chaser | Learning to Live | Supernova (feat. Kanye West)
#14:
Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses (170)
Southern Rap Album
I Run feat. YelaWolf | My Bitch | Hard feat. J-Dawg & Scarface | Top Drop Feat. Paul Wall
#15:
Pleasure P - The Introduction of Marcus Cooper (167)
R&B Album
I'm A Beast Ft. Yung Joc | Fire Lovin | Gotta Have You | Boyfriend #2
#16:
UGK - 4 Life (162)
Southern Rap Album
Everybody Wanna Ball | The Pimp and The Bun (feat. Ron Isley) | Swishas And Erb (Feat. Sleepy Brown) | Feelin' You | Da Game Been Good To Me
#17:
Tanya Morgan - brooklynati (160)
Hip-Hop Album
So Damn Down | She's Gone AKA Without You ft. Phonte & Brittany Bosco | We're Fly ft. Kay & Chop
#18:
Curren$y - The Jet Files (158)
Hip-Hop Album
Perfect Time | Tokyo Drift | Smoke N Maintain (In and Out) | I'm Just Dope
#19:
Ghostface - Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City (158)
R&B / Hip-Hop Album
Paragraphes Of Love feat. Vaughn Anthony And Estelle | She's A Killah feat. Ron Browz (Bonus) | Goner feat. Lloyd | Let's Stop Playin' feat. John Legend | Do Over feat. Raheem DeVaughn
#20:
JR and PH7 - the standard (154)
Hip-Hop Album
Top Rank (feat. Guilty Simpson & Black Milk) | Fast Lane Speedin' (feat. Oddisee) | Best Flow (feat. Pumpkinhead) | I Don't Know Why (feat. Oddisee)
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#21:
Snoop Dogg - Malice n Wonderland (154)
Hip-Hop Album
Gangsta Luv feat. The-Dream | Pimpin Ain't EZ feat. R Kelly | Luv Drunk feat. The-Dream | Special feat. Brandy & Pharrell
#22:
Creed - Full Circle (153)
Rock Album
Full Circle | Bread Of Shame | Overcome
#23:
Ryan Leslie - Ryan Leslie (151)
R&B Album
Addiction (feat. Keri Hilson & Fabolous) |Out Of The Blue | Shouldn't Have To Wait
#24:
Paul Wall - Fast Life (151)
Southern Rap Album
One Hundred Ft. Z-Ro And Yung Redd | Look At Me Now Ft. Yung Chill | I Grind Ft. Marty James Of One Block Radius
#25:
Fabolous - Loso's Way (147)
Hip-Hop Album
Imma Do It (Feat. Kobe) | Everything, Everyday, Everywhere (Feat. Keri Hilson) | Last Time (Gotta Go) | Makin' Love (Feat. Ne-Yo)
#26:
Joe Budden - Padded Room (147)
Hip-Hop Album
Don't Make Me (Produced By Blastah Beats) | The Future Ft. The Game (Produced By Fyu-Chur) | Now I Lay (Produced By Blastah Beats) | Exxxes (Produced By The Klasix)
#27:
Shawn Chrystopher - A City With No Seasons (146)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
On Stage | You're Beautiful at Night | Lose Your Mind | Believer
#28:
Reks - MORE GREY HAIRS (146)
Hip-Hop Album
Goodnight and Goodluck (Produced By Demo) | Bitter (Produced By The Soul Searchers) | Dear Winter (Produced By Timeless)
#29:
Rock City - PTFAO The Album (142)
Hip-Hop / R&B / Dancehall Mixtape
Rep V.I. | Can I Get On | In And Out of Traffic | I Know
#30:
Nipsey Hussle - Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 3 (141)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
The Best Rapper | We Gangbangin (Feat. Coby Supreme, Jay Rock & Glasses Malone) | The Hu$$le Way |Rap Music (feat. June Summers) | Rich Roll (feat. Taslema)
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#31:
Asher Roth - Asleep In The Bread Aisle (133)
Hip-Hop Album
As I Em (Ft. Chester French) |La Di Da | His Dream | Perfectionist (Ft. Beanie Sigel & Rock City)
#32:
Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop (133)
Hip-Hop Album
Soldier feat. Kid Vishis | Gun Harmonizing feat. Crooked I | Thing For Your Girlfriend Feat. Kay Young |Shake This | Hood Love feat. Bun B & Joell Ortiz
#33:
Flo-Rida - R.O.O.T.S (129)
Hip-Hop / Pop Album
Shone Ft. Pleasure P | Never | Available Ft. Akon & will.i.am
#34:
Donnis - Diary of an ATL Brave (128)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
Here_To_Stay | Gone | Sexytime
#35:
Emilio Rojas - Recession Proof (127)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
Way She Moves feat. Stat Quo, Marvin Priest (Prod. M-Phazes) | Keys To The City (Prod. Midnite) | Murder feat. Donny Goines, Mela Machinko (Prod. Illmind) | 10 Player Commandments (Prod. Reality)
#36:
J. Holiday - Round 2 (126)
R&B Album
Lights Go Out | Wrong Lover (Featuring Rick Ross) | Sing 2 U
#37:
CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume Two (126)
Hip-Hop Album
To Be For Real | Close Your Eyes (Feat. Grieves, Geologic & Macklemore) | The W.W.K.Y.A. Tour (Substantial Feat. Efamm) (Remix)
#38:
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse (125)
Hip-Hop Album
Cut You Loose (Produced By Mr. Porter) | Sound Off (Produced By STREETRUNNER) | Pray (It's A Shame) (Produced By RealSon) | Rain Drops Ft. Novel (Produced By Filthy Rockwell)
#39:
Kevin Cossom - Hook Vs Bridge (124)
R&B Album
Relax (Feat. Snoop Dogg) | She Got A Boyfriend | I Dare You (Feat. Rick Ross & Lil' Jon) | Late Night
#40:
Chester French - Love the Future (122)
Rock / Pop Album
Not Over You | C'mon (On My Own) | Bebe Buell | She Loves Everybody
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#41:
DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2) (120)
Southern Rap Album
Day Dreaming (Featuring Akon, Snoop Dogg And T.I) | Stripper Love (Featuring The-Dream, La Darkman And Too Short) | Pimpin' Ain't Easy (Featuring La Darkman, Bun B, Styles P And Jovan Dais)
#42:
G-Side - Huntsville International (116)
Southern Rap Album
Huntsville International ft. Sound of Silence | Paradise | So Wonderful ft. Chrystal Carr, G-Mane & SupaKing
#43:
Wale - Back to the Feature (116)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
Rhyme N Reason (feat. Tre) | Night Life (feat. Young Chris & Tre) | Warwick Avenue (Feat. Duffy) | Pot of Gold (Feat. Daniel Merriweather)
#44:
Colin Munroe - Colin Munroe is the Unsung Hero (110)
R&B / Hip-Hop Album
Break Off (feat. Saukrates & Black Milk) | Piano Lessons (feat. Joell Ortiz) | Cannon Ball (feat. Drake) | What The Young Man Says (feat. Izza Kizza & MIMS)
#45:
Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life (110)
Rock Album
The Pain | Underdog
#46:
Silversun Pickups - Swoon (109)
Rock Album
Panic Switch | The Royal We | Growing Old Is Getting Old
#47:
Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now (108)
Rock Album
Break | Someone Who Cares
#48:
Mike Jones - The Voice (107)
Southern Rap Album
Next to You | Cuddy Buddy Ft. Lil Wayne, T-Pain And Twista | Swagger Right
#49:
Timbaland - Shock Value II (107)
R&B / Pop Album
Carry Out (Featuring Justin Timberlake) | Tommorow In The Bottle (featuring Chad Kroeger & Sebastian) | Timothy Where You Been (Featuring Jet) | Ease Off the Liquor (featuring SoShy)
#50:
Warren G - The G Files (107)
Hip-Hop Album
The West Is Back Ft. Halla And Mr. Lucc | What's Wrong Ft. Black Nicc And Halla | She Got Her Own Ringtone
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----------------- Just Missed The Cut ----------------
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#51:
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (103)
R&B Album
#52:
Oddisee - Mental Liberation (103)
Hip-Hop Album
#53:
Emilio Rojas - The Natural (101)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#54:
Keelay and Zaire - Ridin High (101)
Hip-Hop/R&B Album
#55:
Jet - Shaka Rock (99)
Rock Album
#56:
Ryan Leslie - Transition (99)
R&B Album
#57:
The Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E! (97)
Hip-Hop Album
#58:
Brother Ali - Us (89)
#59:
Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 7 (85)
Southern Rap Mixtape
#60:
Platinum Pied Pipers - Abundance (84)
R&B / Soul Album
#61:
K'naan - Troubadour (82)
Hip-Hop Album
#62:
Termanology - Time Machine: Hood Politics VI (82)
Hip-Hop Album
#63:
Kam Moye - Splitting Image (78)
Hip-Hop Album
#64:
Donny Goines - The Breakfast Club (74)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#65:
Joe Budden - Escape Route (71)
Hip-Hop Album
#66:
DJ Quik & Kurupt - Blaqkout (69)
Hip-Hop Album
#67:
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (69)
Hip-Hop Album
#68:
Rhymefest - The Manual (68)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#69:
Zion I - The Take Over (68)
Hip-Hop Album
#70:
Charles Hamilton - My Brain Is Alive (64)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#71:
Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness (64)
Rock Album
#72:
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue (60)
Rock Album
#73:
Sick Puppies - Tri-polar (54)
Rock Album
#74:
Marco Polo & Torae - Double Barrel (50)
Hip-Hop Album
#75:
Skyzoo - The Salvation (50)
Hip-Hop Album
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----------------- Honorable Mentions ----------------
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#76:
Maino - If Tomorrow Comes (48)
Hip-Hop Album
#77:
Rakim - The Seventh Seal (48)
Hip-Hop Album
#78:
Wiz Khalifa - Burn After Rolling (47)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#79:
Esso - Off The Wall (39)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#80:
Muse - The Resistance (39)
Hip-Hop Album
#81:
R.O.M.E. - My Demo (39)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#82:
Fashawn - Boy Meets World (37)
Hip-Hop Album
#83:
Z-Ro - Cocaine (37)
Southern Rap Mixtape
#84:
Big Sean - UKNOWBIGSEAN (34)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#85:
Freddie Gibbs - midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik (30)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#86:
DJ Mitsu The Beats - A word to the wise (28)
Hip-Hop / R&B Album
#87:
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II (28)
Hip-Hop Album
#88:
Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony (27)
Rock Album
#89:
Tech N9ne - Sickology 101 (26)
Hip-Hop Album
#90:
J.J. Brown - Connect The Dots (25)
Hip-Hop Album
#91:
Mike Posner & The Brain Trust - A Matter of Time (25)
R&B / Hip-Hop Mixtape
#92:
Blue Scholars - OOF! EP (23)
Hip-Hop Album
#93:
serani - No Games (23)
Dancehall / R&B / Hip-Hop Album
#94:
Saigon - Warning Shots 2 (22)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#95:
Novel - Suspended Animation (20)
R&B Mixtape
#96:
Juvenile - Cocky And Confident (20)
Southern Rap Album
#97:
Charles Hamilton - This Perfect Life (19)
Hip-Hop Album
#980:
Trey Songz - Anticipation (15)
R&B Mixtape
#99:
La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust (14)
Hip-Hop Album
#100:
BK-One - Rádio Do Canibal (13)
Hip-Hop Album
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There are many great albums that didn't make this list due to the sheer quantity of quality albums and mixtapes put out this year, but don't hesitate to recommend any album that you think should be on this list.
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This year, and decade, is finally over and it has been a great one, especially for hip-hop. Because I find it impossible to make a definitive ranking of these albums, I based I created a point system to determine rank, based on two stats: (1) total # of plays, and (2) average # plays per track (# of plays / # of tracks). I ranked every album based on these two stats and assigned points based on ranking in each category, added them together and ranked them based on their final score.
ie:
Chris Cornell Scream ranked 2nd in plays (254) and 4th in average plays (14.11). Therefore, the formula used to calculate points for this album was (101-2) + (101-4) = 196.
This isn't a list of the best albums, but of my favorite albums. The ranking is sorted by plays and moderated by the # of tracks in each album. This compensates for greater # of plays for albums with more tracks (ie: B.o.B vs Bobby Ray [22], Mixtape Messiah 7 [26], etc.). So, here they are...
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#1:
Chris Cornell - Scream (196)
R&B / Pop Album
Essential Tracks:
Long Gone | Get Up | Scream | Ground Zero | Time#2:
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day (195)
Hip-Hop Album
Alive (Feat. Ratatat) |
Soundtrack 2 My Life | Up, Up, And Away (The Wake And Bake Song) | Enter Galactic (Love Connection Pt. 1) | My World (feat. Billy Cravens)#3:
B.O.B & Bobby Ray - B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray (194)
Hip-Hop / R&B / Rock / Reggae Mixtape
Wonderland | Mr. Bobby | Already There | No Mans Land | Change Gonna Come (Feat. Asher Roth & Charles Hamilton)
#4:
Saigon & Statik Selektah - All In A Day's Work (192)
Hip-Hop Album
Spit | The Rules | My Crew | So Cruel | Lose Her
#5:
Wale - Attention Deficit (191)
Hip-Hop Album
Mirrors feat. Bun B |
Prescription | Shades feat. Chrisette Michelle | Diary feat. Marsha Ambrosius | 90210#6:
k-os - Yes! (190)
Hip-Hop Album
Zambony | 4 3 2 1 | The Aviator | Uptown Girl | I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman#7:
Curren$y - This Ain't No Mixtape (189)
Hip-Hop Album
Sail On (Ft. Young Chris) | Elevator Musik | On My Plane (Ft. Deelow) | Blown away (ft. Jean Lephare & Deelow) | Galaxy (Ft. Whodinsky & Jean Lephare)
#8:
J. Cole - The Warm Up (185)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
Lights Please | Grown Simba | Knock Knock | Dreams ft. Brandon Hines
#9:
XV - Everybody's Nobody (185)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
In Due Time | Come Back Down | Blinded ft. Harlems Cash, Used To ft. Ne-Yo | Undeniable
#10:
Drake - So Far Gone (181)
Hip-Hop / R&B Mixtape
November 18th |
Best I Ever Had | Successful (feat. Trey Songz & Lil' Wayne) | Uptown (feat. Bun B & Lil' Wayne) | A Night Off (feat. Lloyd)---------------------------------------------------------------
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#11:
Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap (178)
Southern Rap Album
All I Really Want (feat. The-Dream) | Maybach Music 2 (Feat. Kanye West, T-Pain, & Lil' Wayne) | Yacht Club (Feat. Magazeen) | Magnificent (feat. John Legend) | Usual Suspects (Feat. Nas)
#12:
The-Dream - Love vs. Money (174)
R&B Album
Rockin That Shit |
Mr. Yeah | Love Vs Money | Walkin On The Moon (Feat. Kanye West)#13:
Mr Hudson - Straight No Chaser (172)
R&B Album
Everything Is Broken (feat. Kid Cudi) | Time | Straight No Chaser | Learning to Live | Supernova (feat. Kanye West)#14:
Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses (170)
Southern Rap Album
I Run feat. YelaWolf | My Bitch | Hard feat. J-Dawg & Scarface | Top Drop Feat. Paul Wall
#15:
Pleasure P - The Introduction of Marcus Cooper (167)
R&B Album
I'm A Beast Ft. Yung Joc | Fire Lovin | Gotta Have You | Boyfriend #2
#16:
UGK - 4 Life (162)
Southern Rap Album
Everybody Wanna Ball | The Pimp and The Bun (feat. Ron Isley) | Swishas And Erb (Feat. Sleepy Brown) | Feelin' You | Da Game Been Good To Me#17:
Tanya Morgan - brooklynati (160)
Hip-Hop Album
So Damn Down | She's Gone AKA Without You ft. Phonte & Brittany Bosco | We're Fly ft. Kay & Chop#18:
Curren$y - The Jet Files (158)
Hip-Hop Album
Perfect Time | Tokyo Drift | Smoke N Maintain (In and Out) | I'm Just Dope
#19:
Ghostface - Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City (158)
R&B / Hip-Hop Album
Paragraphes Of Love feat. Vaughn Anthony And Estelle | She's A Killah feat. Ron Browz (Bonus) | Goner feat. Lloyd | Let's Stop Playin' feat. John Legend | Do Over feat. Raheem DeVaughn
#20:
JR and PH7 - the standard (154)
Hip-Hop Album
Top Rank (feat. Guilty Simpson & Black Milk) | Fast Lane Speedin' (feat. Oddisee) | Best Flow (feat. Pumpkinhead) | I Don't Know Why (feat. Oddisee)---------------------------------------------------------------
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#21:
Snoop Dogg - Malice n Wonderland (154)
Hip-Hop Album
Gangsta Luv feat. The-Dream | Pimpin Ain't EZ feat. R Kelly | Luv Drunk feat. The-Dream | Special feat. Brandy & Pharrell
#22:
Creed - Full Circle (153)
Rock Album
Full Circle | Bread Of Shame | Overcome#23:
Ryan Leslie - Ryan Leslie (151)
R&B Album
Addiction (feat. Keri Hilson & Fabolous) |
Out Of The Blue | Shouldn't Have To Wait#24:
Paul Wall - Fast Life (151)
Southern Rap Album
One Hundred Ft. Z-Ro And Yung Redd | Look At Me Now Ft. Yung Chill | I Grind Ft. Marty James Of One Block Radius
#25:
Fabolous - Loso's Way (147)
Hip-Hop Album
Imma Do It (Feat. Kobe) | Everything, Everyday, Everywhere (Feat. Keri Hilson) | Last Time (Gotta Go) | Makin' Love (Feat. Ne-Yo)
#26:
Joe Budden - Padded Room (147)
Hip-Hop Album
Don't Make Me (Produced By Blastah Beats) | The Future Ft. The Game (Produced By Fyu-Chur) | Now I Lay (Produced By Blastah Beats) | Exxxes (Produced By The Klasix)
#27:
Shawn Chrystopher - A City With No Seasons (146)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
On Stage | You're Beautiful at Night | Lose Your Mind | Believer
#28:
Reks - MORE GREY HAIRS (146)
Hip-Hop Album
Goodnight and Goodluck (Produced By Demo) | Bitter (Produced By The Soul Searchers) | Dear Winter (Produced By Timeless)
#29:
Rock City - PTFAO The Album (142)
Hip-Hop / R&B / Dancehall Mixtape
Rep V.I. | Can I Get On | In And Out of Traffic | I Know
#30:
Nipsey Hussle - Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 3 (141)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
The Best Rapper | We Gangbangin (Feat. Coby Supreme, Jay Rock & Glasses Malone) | The Hu$$le Way |
Rap Music (feat. June Summers) | Rich Roll (feat. Taslema)---------------------------------------------------------------
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#31:
Asher Roth - Asleep In The Bread Aisle (133)
Hip-Hop Album
As I Em (Ft. Chester French) |
La Di Da | His Dream | Perfectionist (Ft. Beanie Sigel & Rock City)#32:
Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop (133)
Hip-Hop Album
Soldier feat. Kid Vishis | Gun Harmonizing feat. Crooked I | Thing For Your Girlfriend Feat. Kay Young |
Shake This | Hood Love feat. Bun B & Joell Ortiz#33:
Flo-Rida - R.O.O.T.S (129)
Hip-Hop / Pop Album
Shone Ft. Pleasure P | Never | Available Ft. Akon & will.i.am
#34:
Donnis - Diary of an ATL Brave (128)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
Here_To_Stay | Gone | Sexytime
#35:
Emilio Rojas - Recession Proof (127)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
Way She Moves feat. Stat Quo, Marvin Priest (Prod. M-Phazes) | Keys To The City (Prod. Midnite) | Murder feat. Donny Goines, Mela Machinko (Prod. Illmind) | 10 Player Commandments (Prod. Reality)
#36:
J. Holiday - Round 2 (126)
R&B Album
Lights Go Out | Wrong Lover (Featuring Rick Ross) | Sing 2 U#37:
CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Volume Two (126)
Hip-Hop Album
To Be For Real | Close Your Eyes (Feat. Grieves, Geologic & Macklemore) | The W.W.K.Y.A. Tour (Substantial Feat. Efamm) (Remix)
#38:
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse (125)
Hip-Hop Album
Cut You Loose (Produced By Mr. Porter) | Sound Off (Produced By STREETRUNNER) | Pray (It's A Shame) (Produced By RealSon) | Rain Drops Ft. Novel (Produced By Filthy Rockwell)
#39:
Kevin Cossom - Hook Vs Bridge (124)
R&B Album
Relax (Feat. Snoop Dogg) | She Got A Boyfriend | I Dare You (Feat. Rick Ross & Lil' Jon) | Late Night
#40:
Chester French - Love the Future (122)
Rock / Pop Album
Not Over You | C'mon (On My Own) | Bebe Buell | She Loves Everybody---------------------------------------------------------------
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#41:
DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2) (120)
Southern Rap Album
Day Dreaming (Featuring Akon, Snoop Dogg And T.I) | Stripper Love (Featuring The-Dream, La Darkman And Too Short) | Pimpin' Ain't Easy (Featuring La Darkman, Bun B, Styles P And Jovan Dais)
#42:
G-Side - Huntsville International (116)
Southern Rap Album
Huntsville International ft. Sound of Silence | Paradise | So Wonderful ft. Chrystal Carr, G-Mane & SupaKing
#43:
Wale - Back to the Feature (116)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
Rhyme N Reason (feat. Tre) | Night Life (feat. Young Chris & Tre) | Warwick Avenue (Feat. Duffy) | Pot of Gold (Feat. Daniel Merriweather)
#44:
Colin Munroe - Colin Munroe is the Unsung Hero (110)
R&B / Hip-Hop Album
Break Off (feat. Saukrates & Black Milk) | Piano Lessons (feat. Joell Ortiz) | Cannon Ball (feat. Drake) | What The Young Man Says (feat. Izza Kizza & MIMS)
#45:
Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life (110)
Rock Album
The Pain | Underdog#46:
Silversun Pickups - Swoon (109)
Rock Album
Panic Switch | The Royal We | Growing Old Is Getting Old
#47:
Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now (108)
Rock Album
Break | Someone Who Cares#48:
Mike Jones - The Voice (107)
Southern Rap Album
Next to You | Cuddy Buddy Ft. Lil Wayne, T-Pain And Twista | Swagger Right
#49:
Timbaland - Shock Value II (107)
R&B / Pop Album
Carry Out (Featuring Justin Timberlake) | Tommorow In The Bottle (featuring Chad Kroeger & Sebastian) | Timothy Where You Been (Featuring Jet) | Ease Off the Liquor (featuring SoShy)#50:
Warren G - The G Files (107)
Hip-Hop Album
The West Is Back Ft. Halla And Mr. Lucc | What's Wrong Ft. Black Nicc And Halla | She Got Her Own Ringtone
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----------------- Just Missed The Cut ----------------
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#51:
Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (103)
R&B Album
#52:
Oddisee - Mental Liberation (103)
Hip-Hop Album
#53:
Emilio Rojas - The Natural (101)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#54:
Keelay and Zaire - Ridin High (101)
Hip-Hop/R&B Album
#55:
Jet - Shaka Rock (99)
Rock Album
#56:
Ryan Leslie - Transition (99)
R&B Album
#57:
The Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E! (97)
Hip-Hop Album
#58:
Brother Ali - Us (89)
#59:
Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 7 (85)
Southern Rap Mixtape
#60:
Platinum Pied Pipers - Abundance (84)
R&B / Soul Album
#61:
K'naan - Troubadour (82)
Hip-Hop Album
#62:
Termanology - Time Machine: Hood Politics VI (82)
Hip-Hop Album
#63:
Kam Moye - Splitting Image (78)
Hip-Hop Album
#64:
Donny Goines - The Breakfast Club (74)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#65:
Joe Budden - Escape Route (71)
Hip-Hop Album
#66:
DJ Quik & Kurupt - Blaqkout (69)
Hip-Hop Album
#67:
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (69)
Hip-Hop Album
#68:
Rhymefest - The Manual (68)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#69:
Zion I - The Take Over (68)
Hip-Hop Album
#70:
Charles Hamilton - My Brain Is Alive (64)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#71:
Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness (64)
Rock Album
#72:
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue (60)
Rock Album
#73:
Sick Puppies - Tri-polar (54)
Rock Album
#74:
Marco Polo & Torae - Double Barrel (50)
Hip-Hop Album
#75:
Skyzoo - The Salvation (50)
Hip-Hop Album
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----------------- Honorable Mentions ----------------
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#76:
Maino - If Tomorrow Comes (48)
Hip-Hop Album
#77:
Rakim - The Seventh Seal (48)
Hip-Hop Album
#78:
Wiz Khalifa - Burn After Rolling (47)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#79:
Esso - Off The Wall (39)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#80:
Muse - The Resistance (39)
Hip-Hop Album
#81:
R.O.M.E. - My Demo (39)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#82:
Fashawn - Boy Meets World (37)
Hip-Hop Album
#83:
Z-Ro - Cocaine (37)
Southern Rap Mixtape
#84:
Big Sean - UKNOWBIGSEAN (34)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#85:
Freddie Gibbs - midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik (30)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#86:
DJ Mitsu The Beats - A word to the wise (28)
Hip-Hop / R&B Album
#87:
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II (28)
Hip-Hop Album
#88:
Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony (27)
Rock Album
#89:
Tech N9ne - Sickology 101 (26)
Hip-Hop Album
#90:
J.J. Brown - Connect The Dots (25)
Hip-Hop Album
#91:
Mike Posner & The Brain Trust - A Matter of Time (25)
R&B / Hip-Hop Mixtape
#92:
Blue Scholars - OOF! EP (23)
Hip-Hop Album
#93:
serani - No Games (23)
Dancehall / R&B / Hip-Hop Album
#94:
Saigon - Warning Shots 2 (22)
Hip-Hop Mixtape
#95:
Novel - Suspended Animation (20)
R&B Mixtape
#96:
Juvenile - Cocky And Confident (20)
Southern Rap Album
#97:
Charles Hamilton - This Perfect Life (19)
Hip-Hop Album
#980:
Trey Songz - Anticipation (15)
R&B Mixtape
#99:
La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust (14)
Hip-Hop Album
#100:
BK-One - Rádio Do Canibal (13)
Hip-Hop Album
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There are many great albums that didn't make this list due to the sheer quantity of quality albums and mixtapes put out this year, but don't hesitate to recommend any album that you think should be on this list.
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